Late afternoon of Thursday 9 March
Taken for Holikā Dahana. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches. Holī is the day after.
16:59 sāyāhna beginssunset 19:22
16:3516:5917:2317:4718:1118:3518:5919:2319:47
142 of 142 minutes covered
Ruling · Holī · 1944
Determinatein Puning, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Kept the day after Holikā Dahana, Thu 9 Mar. Clear of every threshold by 452 minutes.
One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas.
Late afternoon of Thursday 9 March
Taken for Holikā Dahana. The only late afternoon Pūrṇimā reaches. Holī is the day after.
142 of 142 minutes covered
Late afternoon of Friday 10 March
Pūrṇimā is absent from sāyāhna. Not taken.
0 of 142 minutes covered
Aṅga
Pūrṇimā runs from 06:56 on Thu 9 Mar to 09:28 on Fri 10 Mar.
1944-03-08T21:56:29Z → 1944-03-10T00:27:37Z
Kāla
Sāyāhna is last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas: 16:59–19:22 on the 9th, 17:00–19:22 on the 10th.
sayahna: day-muhurta-13-15 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Rule
Pūrṇimā must be present during sāyāhna. It covers 142 of 142 minutes on the 9th and 0 of 142 on the 10th.
Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105
Tie-break
Only one late afternoon qualifies. No tie-break is needed.
priority: unstated → only-day · margin 27122 s
Counted
Holī is kept the day after Holikā Dahana: Thursday 9 March is the day taken above.
follows: holika-dahana + 1 d
Ruling
Holī, Puning, 1944: Friday 10 March.
confidence: determinate
In Puning, Holī 1944 falls on Friday 10 March. It is kept the day after Holikā Dahana, which falls on Thursday 9 March. Pūrṇimā runs from 06:56 on Thu 9 Mar to 09:28 on Fri 10 Mar and covers all of sāyāhna on the 9th.
| Authority | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ahargaṇa, pac-rp | This ruling | Fri 10 Mar |
| Ahargaṇa, classical | Disc centre, no refraction | Fri 10 Mar |
| compat-drikpanchang | Comparison profile | Fri 10 Mar |
| No institution has a recorded ruling for Puning. | ||
Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.
/rules/holi · ruleset 2026.3-draft
“S 15 Holika-dahana (Sayahnavyapini — it should be observed on second half of purnima at night), Dolayatra (Bengal & Orissa) (covering 4 ghatikas before sunrise of the day of festival), Holi — on the day after Holikadahana.” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 105.
Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.
| Place | Pūrṇimā | Sāyāhna 8th | Covered | Sāyāhna 10th | Covered | Ruled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 14:56 → 17:28 | 16:35 | 140 min | 16:35 | 0 min | 9 Mar |
| Chicago | 16:56 → 19:28 | 16:30 | 112 min | 16:31 | 0 min | 10 Mar |
| Jersey City | 17:56 → 20:28 | 16:36 | 59 min | 16:37 | 0 min | 10 Mar |
| Port of Spain | 18:56 → 21:28 | 16:53 | 20 min | 16:53 | 0 min | 10 Mar |
| London | 22:56 → 01:28 | 16:36 | 0 min | 16:38 | 0 min | 10 Mar |
| Durban | 00:56 → 03:28 | 16:51 | 0 min | 16:50 | 0 min | 10 Mar |
| Dubai | 01:56 → 04:28 | 16:02 | 0 min | 16:03 | 0 min | 10 Mar |
| Delhi | 04:26 → 06:58 | 17:04 | 0 min | 17:04 | 0 min | 10 Mar |
| Kolkata | 04:26 → 06:58 | 16:21 | 0 min | 16:21 | 0 min | 10 Mar |
| Singapore | 06:56 → 09:28 | 17:53 | 0 min | 17:53 | 0 min | 10 Mar |
| Sydney | 08:56 → 11:28 | 16:52 | 0 min | 16:50 | 0 min | 10 Mar |
| Suva | 09:56 → 12:28 | 15:59 | 0 min | 15:58 | 0 min | 10 Mar |